After his recording of this song hit the charts in 1975, Carmen had to make arrangements with Sergei Rachmaninoff's estate to give the composer proper credit for much of the music, since the verses quote almost verbatim the melodic theme from the Adagio sostenuto middle movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor. Carmen thought mistakenly that it was already in the public domain.

An offshoot in the same way that JWs or Mormons would be an offshoot of Protestantism... or perhaps more aptly Branch Davidian or the Moonies would be considered an offshoot. As in, not a sect of the church itself, but rather a system of belief that incorporates Ethiopian Orthodox elements while wildly diverging from actual teaching.

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"Funny," said Lancelot, "how the people who can't pray say that prayers are not answered, however much the people who can pray say they are." TH White

I used to listen to this sort of thing before I threw it out because I was afraid of it attracting something bad (negative energy etc.). Just between us though, Candlemass was the one SCARY band. The real deal.

I used to listen to this sort of thing before I threw it out because I was afraid of it attracting something bad (negative energy etc.). Just between us though, Candlemass was the one SCARY band. The real deal.

I like some of the old school doom metal, but I can never get over the cheesy vocals and bad lyrics of Candlemass. I mean, it's hardly unusual for a metal band to have bad lyrics, but when they're being broadcast in an operatic falsetto it's too much to bear.

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"A riddle or the cricket's cryIs to doubt a fit reply." - William Blake

I used to listen to this sort of thing before I threw it out because I was afraid of it attracting something bad (negative energy etc.). Just between us though, Candlemass was the one SCARY band. The real deal.

I like some of the old school doom metal, but I can never get over the cheesy vocals and bad lyrics of Candlemass. I mean, it's hardly unusual for a metal band to have bad lyrics, but when they're being broadcast in an operatic falsetto it's too much to bear.

Ah, classic doom...

I agree, having often found myself wishing, in this case and others, for a band to have fixed their vocals and lyrics operation if not to have stuck only to instrumental performances. To give an example, I've rarely cared to listen to the so-called extreme genres beyond thrash, but I've not a few times been upset to see the instrumental, technical proficiency that death metal can ably muster paired up with a vocal style characterised by death growls, which I find intensely irritating.

In other situations, you may find a vocalist who you would wish would actually respect the potential he has. Take the kings of cheese, Manowar, and the typical lyrical content they deliver. Apart from that mess however, Eric Adams, the man who can really pierce the air with his screams, has a formidable set of pipes that is wasted on what-have-you.

As a result of a thousand million years of evolution, the universe is becoming conscious of itself, able to understand something of its past history and its possible future.-- Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS